In 2014, 47.6 percent of Lithuania’s population lived in rural areas, while 42.9 percent – in densely populated areas (cities). 9.6 percent of residents lived in intermediate area, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), said. This makes Lithuania the third most rural country in the EU. […]
Every fourth Lithuanian thinks that same-sex marriage should be legalized throughout the European Union, according to a Eurobarometer survey. This is well below the EU average, BNS reports. […]
Amid growing migrant flows to Europe, people fear that refugees will bring old forgotten diseases. However, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, has rejected such fears, saying they are groundless. […]
Discussions about the refugee crisis and how to solve it has moved from the European Union to the United Nations General Assembly, where most national leaders spoke about settling the conflicts in Syria and Iraq and fighting international terrorism. Among the highlights were the speeches and meeting of the presidents of the United States and Russia. […]
Exports of transport services to Russia is offset by providing more of these services to the European Union (EU) countries. The results of the Lithuania’s Review of the first half of the year, prepared by the Bank of Lithuania, show that the most rising exports markets are to Austria, Denmark and France, the Ministry of Transport and Communications said. […]
Refugee resettlement is an exam for state institutions and the civil society, says Lithuania’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called on the European Union to rethink its relationship with Russia. […]
On Tuesday, the European Union‘s (EU) interior ministers accepted a plan to redistribute 160,000 refugees that had come to Europe. Similar talks one week earlier failed, because several Central-Eastern European countries opposed the scheme. Lithuania has already committed itself to accepting 1,105 refugees; in the long run, though, the number might grow ten times. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė will on Wednesday travel to Brussels for an extraordinary meeting of the European Council, which has been convened as a matter of urgency to find a unified and effective response to the deepening refugee crisis. […]
Despite objections from some Central and Eastern European countries, the European Union‘s interior ministers on Tuesday voted in support of the plan to share 120,000 refugees. […]
Lithuanian Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis is on Tuesday going to Brussels to attend a meeting of EU ministers where they will try to reach an agreement on the relocation of 160,000 refugees who have come to Europe. […]
The ceasefire in Ukraine is still in place, but local elections in Donbass must be held based on Ukrainian law, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said in Vilnius on Monday. […]
On Monday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Federica Mogherini, European Commission Vice-President, European Union‘s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to discuss the refugee crisis and ways to strengthen strategic communications, as well as other matters of international importance, the press service of the Government said. […]
The dangerous actions by Russia and Vladimir Putin pose the greatest challenge to security and democracy since WWII. This applies not only to the countries within Eurasia, but to our post-war vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace. While not necessarily a return to the Cold War, the current situation nevertheless has brought a clear competition of ideologies to the forefront: democracies founded on free elections, accountable governance and rule of law versus authoritarian ideals of “managed democracy.” […]
The joint meeting of the Latvian and Lithuanian governments in Lithuania’s Rokiškis town on Friday offers excellent opportunity to further consolidate both countries’ relations, Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma (Unity) said before the meeting. […]
The European Union (EU) and the United States are preparing to keep sanctions against Russia in place in 2016, according to Bloomberg. […]
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